Seagate FireCuda 520 NVMe PCie 4.0 x 4 SSD Review (1TB)

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The SSD Review uses PCMark 8’s Storage test suite to create testing scenarios that might be used in the typical user experience. With 10 traces recorded from Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and a selection of popular games, it covers some of the most popular light to heavy workloads. Unlike synthetic storage tests, the PCMark 8 Storage benchmark highlights real-world performance differences between storage devices. After an initial break-in cycle and three rounds of the testing, we are given a file score and bandwidth amount. The higher the score/bandwidth, the better the drive performs.

Bit lower than expected, but still only points below the Corsair MP600 Gen 4×4 SSD. Although one can’t answer for the success the HP series SSD has had, the Seagate FireCuda still right up there with the best.

We don’t test multiple LBA formats and, with respect to namespace, the same applies for any SSD that is divided into one or more logical drives. I wouldn’t believe you could create one or more namespaces using multiple SSDs as the flash relies on each controller separately. Similarly, we are not testing this SSD as an enterprise SSD or at different levels of data present on the sample drive.